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Optimal filter approach to photon-limited white light fringe detection and delay-rate estimation in an optical interferometer

Gorham, 1998

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6537706703486406891
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Gorham P
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Astronomical Interferometry

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We review the formalism for white light fringes in Michelson interferometers. For astronomical use, these instruments are typically limited in sensitivity by photon statistics. Thus we investigate by simulation an alternate approach to fringe detection which utilizes an …
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